Abstract:
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journal_name
J Med Chemjournal_title
Journal of medicinal chemistryauthors
Cheng J,Zeidan R,Mishra S,Liu A,Pun SH,Kulkarni RP,Jensen GS,Bellocq NC,Davis MEdoi
10.1021/jm060736ssubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-11-02 00:00:00pages
6522-31issue
22eissn
0022-2623issn
1520-4804journal_volume
49pub_type
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